Raiders, Cowboys may tangle in training camp

ALAMEDA -- Chances are the Raiders will spend a small portion of training camp in joint practices with the Dallas Cowboys in Oxnard, coach Dennis Allen said Monday.

"We're in the process of communicating with the Cowboys," Allen said as the Raiders convened for their second week of organized team activities. "That's something we're looking in to. We'll see how it goes."

Allen said the Raiders would be visiting the Cowboys, rather than Dallas coming to Napa.

The Raiders last held joint practices with the San Francisco in 2008 and 2009, the first year with Lane Kiffin as coach, the second under Tom Cable.

Oakland also practiced in Houston against the Texans in the days leading up to a preseason game between the two teams.

The last time the Raiders and Dallas practiced against each other was in 1997, and the two held a scrimmage in the Sun Bowl in El Paso in 1998.

The Raiders and Cowboys don't play each other in the preseason in 2014. The Raiders would likely practice against the Cowboys before either the first preseason game on Aug. 8 at Minnesota or the second preseason game at home against Detroit the following week.